Fire Melts His Ice
Disclaimer: I don't own Bleach or any of its characters.
I'll do my best not to make it too ooc w
Arrival of the 3rd Seat
Hitsugaya completed the final stack of paperwork. Shoving it to a corner of his desk, he grabbed his cup and gulped down his tea. Hitsugaya was annoyed, as usual, that Matsumoto his lieutenant wasn't doing her share of paperwork. But she wasn't lazing around on the couch as usual. She was playing and doing some random things with the new seated officer.
Hotaru had been installed as the new 3rd seat officer the previous day. In many ways, she was very similar to Hitsugaya. For one thing, she was short. Shorter than him in fact. And she also had an element-based zanpakutou, except hers was of a fire element. From what Hitsugaya had heard, she was an exceptional child prodigy and was up to captain standard, probably even comparable to Hitsugaya himself, though it was unknown whether she had a bankai or not. If there was a difference, it was that Hotaru never stopped smiling and always had a positive view of everything. That, and she was the most random girl Hitsugaya had ever known.
It wasn't just Hitsugaya she was similar to. Hotaru's happy-go-lucky attitude and bright smile reminded him of another girl. Hinamori Momo. Hinamori had been a sister-like figure to Hitsugaya, having been his childhood friend. Unfortunately, she had been killed during the winter war with the arrancars. Hitsugaya remembered being struck mercilessly by the fact that he hadn't been able to protect Hinamori. He'd got over that a long time ago, but now that Hotaru had arrived, every single bitter memory came rushing back to him.
"Taichou!" It was Matsumoto, with Hotaru at her side.
"What is it?"
"Hotaru-chan just showed me how to fish properly. Wanna have salmon and pudding for supper?"
Hitsugaya sighed heavily. Matsumoto could come up with the weirdest ideas sometimes.
Hotaru suggested, "Or what about boiled tuna and red bean rice?"
"No thanks." Hitsugaya drew himself up and got out from the side of the desk. "I'm going to discuss something with Ukitake."
"Maybe he's got mood swings." He heard Matsumoto say as he walked out of the room.
Kyaa! The first chappie is done! Reviews are appreciated but please don't flame .
I'll talk more about Hotaru-chan in the next chappie! Thanks for reading, minna-san! Ja ne
